After finishing second at last year’s state meet, Siuslaw senior Matthew Campbell, who has led the team all season, was close to finishing second again this year — this time to teammate Mitchell Butler in the final 1,000 yards.

“As soon as I saw [Mitchell] come up and get ahead of me, I found extra energy and used it to win,” Campbell said of the final leg, which pitted the two in a neck-and-neck race to the finish. After taking the lead, Campbell found himself trailing Butler in the last 150 yards, until Campbell was able to make a final sprint to claim the lead less than a second ahead of Butler.